Data Scientist

Overview

What do you get when you bring together a team of bright individuals and place them into an environment where “work” means making a difference in the lives of people across the globe?

You get Sciolex Corporation, a fast-growing defense contractor focused on providing the U.S. Government a level of service that surpasses the epitome of excellence.  Our core services include systems engineering technical advice, technical support, and administrative assistance.  From our humble beginning as a small Service Disabled, Veteran Owned Small Business in Chantilly, VA, Sciolex Corporation is now the home for over 1,000 employees across the U.S.

Over the past 18 years, Sciolex Corporation has constructed an environment that celebrates diversity and encourages a positive work/life balance, all while supporting government missions that our employees are proud to be a part of.  When you work for Sciolex Corporation, you are working for a stable company that values you and is committed to ensuring you receive the utmost employee care.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a highly motivated acquisition that will provide specialized technical and engineering expertise supporting the acquisition of computer vision (machine learning automated target recognition) software services. The client is tasked with leading the integration of mission-focused tools to foster increased efficiency, automation, and information sharing.  You will also assist and advise Government managers responsible for the complete end-to-end life cycle of the customer's Ground Enterprise.

• Provide technical and engineering support to the Government customer to manage computer vision machine learning analytics programs; apply knowledge and experience to develop and scale automatic target recognition models in multiple phenomenologies.
• Provide software architecture and other technical expertise to support the planning of future systems and architectures, and oversight of development contractors.
• Apply systems analysis and design methodology assessments to identify technical debt, architectural runway, and efficiency trade-offs against current and proposed/desired cloud-based software system design.
• Develop briefings and documentation material to illustrate features, capabilities, and mission use cases for the computer vision tool portfolio, including developing technical roadmaps and the acquisition strategies/documentation to implement them.
• Facilitate technical and programmatic interchanges; identify and resolve issues; and provide engineering and technical advice to the customer to achieve innovative capabilities for automated machine learning analytics.
• Work side-by-side with the other LANDMARK AOS staff comprised of world class System Engineers, Acquisition Engineers, and Domain Experts to lead the customer in acquiring modern processing applications.

Qualifications & Physical Requirements

• Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor's and five (5) years or more experience; relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Strong engineering background with knowledge of software architectures and machine learning approaches for computer vision applications.
• Domain knowledge in Agile software development practices and Cloud computing architectures.
• Experience in applying modern techniques in artificial intelligence (AI), data science, machine learning (ML), or statistics.
• Demonstrated high level of initiative, creative problem-solving, and critical thinking.
• Demonstrated capability and success working in team environments.
• Strong oral and written communications ability on significant technical matters often requiring coordination within a high tempo environment.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office applications.